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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 69

AV 7 69.1

शं नो वातो वातु शं नस् तपतु सूर्यः । अहानि शं भवन्तु नः शं रात्री प्रति धीयतां । शं उषा नो व्य् उछतु

śaṃ no vāto vātu śaṃ nas tapatu sūryaḥ | ahāni śaṃ bhavantu naḥ śaṃ rātrī prati dhīyatāṃ | śaṃ uṣā no vy uchatu

Beneficently let the wind blow for us, beneficently let the sun burn for us; let the days be beneficent for us, beneficently let the night be set in place, beneficently let the dawn shine forth for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May the wind kindly breathe on us, may the Sun warm us. pleasantly. May days pass happily for us, may night draw near delightfully, may dawn break joyfully for us!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)